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ASSALT WEAPAN RESEARCH– You should check out Denford.com. This dude has a computer program / virtual wind tunnel. Might be good for future reference. We used it once before. He gives you use of the tunnel for a limited period and costs a few bucks. Hope you are getting closer to having the “Weapan” ready.
You are constantly on my mind and all we want is to see a brother succeed.
–Mike Peters
South Africa
THE BLOND CHRISTIAN STUDYING– A Blonde Christian….is that the New Testament or Old..
–from Joe Lankau
SETTLEMENT REACHED IN SUIT VS. BILLY LANE– The settlement came 10 months after Morelock’s mother sued Lane, 37, and DaimlerChrysler — which provided Lane with the Dodge pickup truck he was driving — over the fatal crash in which police said Lane crossed a double-yellow line and hit Gerald Morelock’s mini-Yamaha motorcycle.
DaimlerChrysler, chopper builder Billy Lane and the family of a Sebastian Inlet park ranger killed in a Labor Day accident that police say was caused by drunk-driving have reached a confidential settlement, the deceased man’s family said today.
“We would like to personally show our gratitude and heart-filled thanks to all of the people throughout the nation that have showed us their support, love and caring,” Byron Morelock, brother of Gerald Morelock, said in a statement signed by the family.
“My family may not have made it through these hard times if it wasn’t for your caring and sympathy,” he said.
The settlement came 10 months after Morelock’s mother sued Lane, 37, and DaimlerChrysler — which provided Lane with the Dodge pickup truck he was driving — over the fatal crash in which police said Lane crossed a double-yellow line and hit Gerald Morelock’s mini-Yamaha motorcycle.
The suit alleged Lane, who police say had a blood-alcohol level of .192 the night of the accident, and DaimlerChrysler, which the family said used Lane’s fame to advertise its vehicles despite prior driving citations on Lane’s record, were liable for auto negligence.
Byron Morelock said it took about 10 hours of “grueling” debate Monday before an agreement was reached. No details of the agreement were made public.
Lane still faces a criminal trial in which he could be sentenced to a maximum 15 years in prison if convicted of DUI manslaughter.
A trial date has not been set.
BUELL TO CELEBRATE 25th ANNIVERSARY WITH RIDERS IN 2008, Details of July 2-6 Events in Wisconsin to be Announced in the Coming Months– EAST TROY, Wis. (July 26, 2007) – Fresh off its successful 2007 Homecoming events, Buell Motorcycle Company has announced the dates of the 2008 Buell 25th Anniversary activities in Wisconsin next summer. The events will take place July 2-6, 2008 at various locations, including the Buell Motorcycle Company facilities in East Troy, Wis. and other surrounding communities.
“We just had a great time celebrating our 2007 Homecoming with Buell owners, riders and enthusiasts,” said Erik Buell, Chairman and Chief Technical Officer. “We also announced the launch of our exciting new liquid-cooled 1125R motorcycle. For 2008, we will be marking a major milestone, so we want the Buell 25th Anniversary celebration to be very special and to reflect the unique personality of the Company and our riders.”
Attendance at the 2007 Buell Homecoming beat all previous records and generated much excitement about the 25th Anniversary events in 2008. Besides announcing the new 1125R sportbike, Buell also announced that all 2008 models except the Blast will carry a commemorative badge featuring Erik’s signature.
Highlights of 2007 Buell Homecoming events included self-guided factory tours, a lunch with Erik and Buell employees, technical seminars, autographs with Erik and stunt rider Bubba Blackwell, a vintage Buell motorcycle display, hospitality for owners at the ASRA Pro/CCS and MOTO-ST motorcycle races at Road America including a racer autograph session and a parade lap of the track. Local Buell dealers also hosted events including Team Extreme stunt riders at Hal’s Harley-Davidson/Buell in New Berlin, Wis., followed by a ride to Great Lakes Dragaway in Union Grove, Wis. for the Midwest Shootout, and a Uke’s Harley-Davidson/Buell ride from East Troy to Kenosha, Wis., with a Bubba Blackwell performance at Uke’s along with a cookout and museum tour.
With more details and announcements coming soon, some of the events planned for the Buell 25th Anniversary Homecoming include music and festivities at Milwaukee’s Summerfest Grounds, racing, plant tours, bike displays, demo rides, stunt shows, dealership activities and more. See the owners section of
AMERICAN REVOLUTION HITS STURGIS 2007– American Revolution, Inc. will have a display booth at this year’s rally. We will be located at 1926 Lazelle St., between 9th and 10th (red star on map below). Display will start the morning of August 8th and go through Sunday August 12.
On August 8th, the Discovery Channel will be filming at our location for its 2007 Sturgis Rally documentary. Also, Kevin Morgan from XRock 101.1 will be broadcasting live from 9 – 11AM.
We will have inventory of chrome exchange wheels, lower legs, polished rotors, pulleys, calipers, etc. We will also have a selection of custom laced wheels, t-shirts, and some new products that will be launching in the fall.
With our partner, Moon Cycle Repair, we will be able to provide on the spot chrome exchange, tire installation, cycle repair, etc. If you plan to come by, give us a call ahead of time and we will set aside parts for you.
ROLAND SANDS DESIGNS HEADS TO STURGIS FROM SWEDEN– RSD is this weekend on tour in SWEDEN. Promoted by ?HLINS shocks, he visited ?hlins world headquarters. He is also judging in a chopper show which bring owner best biker close to $ 8000. After that RSD have 2 and half days in LA before Sturgis…..
–Sheriff
24 SEVEN INFOTAINMENT
SHERIFF MEDIA GROUP
S-36030 LAMMHULT
SWEDEN
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CYCLE SOURSE MAGAZINE SETS OUT FOR THE BADLANDS– Just dropping you a note about our first official Sturgis event for the magazine. Should be a blast, like the old days, were riding out to an unsuspecting small western town and taking it over. Anyway, here is a flyer on the deal
–Chris Callen
Editor The Cycle Source Magazine
118 Dellenbaugh Rd.
Tarentum, PA 15084
mailto:cyclesource69@comcast.net
http://www.cyclesource.com>www.cyclesource.com
724-226-2867
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FOLLOW THE EXCITEMENT WITH VALERIE THOMPSON AS SHE TARGETS BONNEVILLE’S 200 MPH CLUB– The most important time of year for land-speed teams is upon us again. A time when the famous Bonneville Salt Flats in Wendover, Utah comes alive with racings most unique, exciting and fastest form of racing. It’s a time when records get broken as do the dreams of many who can’t get it done. When my teammates and I arrive, we’ll be prepared and have one goal in mind: to join the infamous and prestigious 200-Mph club. It’s been a year since we last saw the Flats and when we titled our first land-speed record on the worlds fastest pan head, “The Salt Shaker”. The plan for this year is to do it again this time a lot faster and on Keith Balls newest creation, “The Assault Weapon”.
Last year we took the Keith Ball’s “Salt Shaker” into the record books and set the AMA National Land Speed Record on a 120-inch Panhead. We tripped the light at a record shattering speed of 145.647mph. Thanks and congratulations to all of last year’s sponsors and teammates who can proudly say “Were in the record books”.
This year Keith and his team at 5-Ball Racing have been working very diligently on a hardcore one of a kind speed killer appropriately named “The Assalt Weapon”. This ultra Open Panhead (1948-1965 Vintage) was carefully crafted to be long, low and very aerodynamic.
Building on last year’s huge success we are expecting another record and proudly offering the opportunity for a new title sponsor and a few more associate sponsors. If you think this is a good opportunity for your company and want to be part of this history making event and life-time experience, please contact Keith R. Ball at bandit@bikernet.com .
MAYBE THE BEST BIKERNET BLONDE JOKE EVER!– Two blonde girls were working for the city public works department. One would dig a hole and the other would follow behind her and fill the hole in.
They worked up one side of the street, then down the other, then moved on to the next street, working furiously all day without rest, one girl digging a hole, the other girl filling it in again.
An onlooker was amazed at their hard work, but couldn’t understand what they were doing. So he asked the hole digger, “I’m impressed by the effort you two are putting in to your work, but I don’t get it — why do you dig a hole, only to have your partner follow behind and fill it up again?”
The hole digger wiped her brow and sighed, “Well, I suppose it probably looks odd because we’re normally a three-person team. But today the girl who plants the trees called in sick.”
BIKERNET SUNDAY QUOTE OF THE WEEK– A front-wheel blowout at 60 mph will cure atheism.
–from Dave Silberstein
BRASS BALLS NEW MODEL NAME CONTEST CONTINUES–If you wander into the Bikernet Roadtest area you will find a feature on the new Brass Balls model. It’s a very rideable classic, but the staff needs a name. If you come up with the name they use, you’ll receive a Brass Balls T-shirt for every day of the week, plus a Brass Balls shop shirt.
Here’s another entrant: let’s try “Crazyhorse Bar Bobber” It uses the 100″ Crazyhorse motor and it looks like a bar hopper.
–from Dick Boxell
dboxell@hughes.net
TORCHES ACROSS AMERICA MOTORCYCLE RIDE 2007– 11 days’ run in September will honor the Victims, Veterans, and Volunteers of 9-11’s attack
You are invited to join thousands of bikers cruising across America–from California to New York, Washington, The Pentagon, and Pennsylvania–in remembrance of homeland victims of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. More than a hundred motorcycle riders made the 2,600 mile coast to coast run in 2006! Donate a few weeks’ riding time to parade into New York amid thousands of bikers honoring the victims and first responders who died in the fires of 9/11, or join the Torches Across America Run when it passes through your area.
This nationwide motorcycle run expresses our appreciation for:
1) the 3,000 victims of the attack on September 11, 2001
2) the first responders who volunteered to enter flaming towers to help save others’ lives, and
3) the armed forces veterans who protect us. As Abraham Lincoln spoke at Gettysburg: “They have not died in vain.”
This fall you may ride along with some or all of these intrastate parades, from VFW halls and civic parks to memorial sites and firefighters’ lofty caves. Twist your throttle and get in the wind alongside police and fire officers, veterans and service men and women, and diverse patriots. Think of those gone before you; think of those coming after you; and resolve to remember 9/11 as much as the Alamo and Pearl Harbor, and for the same deadly reasons.
If ya don’t ride, ya can still register for updates and follow our progress on the web site < The sixteen states in order of travel are: California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas; Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana; Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland; Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York. Please join us for part or all of this historic ride! Friday, August 30, 2007 (Labor Day weekend) Initial meeting place–Ramada Limited, 517 San Marcos Blvd., San Marcos, CA 92069. (760) 471-2800. Kennedy’s Custom Cycle in Oceanside, CA 8am and ride East on SR-78 then North on I-15 thru Riverside, San Bernardino, and Victorville (for lunch); then on I-40 East thru Barstow, Needles, to Kingman, AZ. Hotel: The Travelodge, 3275 E Andy Devine Ave., Kingman, AZ 86401 (928) 757-1188 Sunday, September 2nd–466 miles. leave from Kingman, AZ at 7:00am on 40 East and ride thru Flagstaff, Gallup, to Albuquerque, NM. Hotel: Comfort Inn 2015 Menaul NE, Albuquerque, NM 87107 (505) 881- 3210 Monday, September 3rd–289 miles. leave from Albuquerque, NM and ride East on I-40 through Santa Fe and Tucumcari to Amarillo, TX. Hotel: Amarillo Holiday Inn 1911 I-40 East Amarillo, TX 79102 (806) 372-8741 Tuesday, September 4th–367 miles. leave Amarillo, TX and ride through Oklahoma City on I-44 East to Tulsa, OK. Hotel: Tulsa Econo Lodge 11629 E. Skelly Dr. Tulsa, OK 74128 (918) 437-9200 Wednesday, September 5th–226 miles. leave Tulsa, OK on 44 East and ride through Joplin and Springfield, to Branson, MO for the Bart Rockett show at 8pm. Hotel: The Fiddlers Inn 3522 W. Hwy 76 Branson, MO 65616 1800-544-6483 Thursday, September 6th–276 miles leave from Branson and ride through Lebanon, MO to St. Louis IL; then 70 East to Troy, IL. Hotel: Super 8 Motel 910 Edwardsville Rd. Troy, IL 62294 (618) 667-8888 Friday, September 7th–483 miles leave Troy, IL and ride on I-70 East thru Vandalia, Effingham, Terre Haute, and Indianapolis, IN; then Dayton, Springfield, Colombus, Zanesville, to Cambridge, OH. Hotel: The Holiday Inn 2248 Southgate Parkway Cambridge, OH 43725 (740)432-7313 Saturday, September 8th–340 miles. leave Cambridge, OH on 70 East to Wheeling WV, Pittsburgh PA, Somerset PA, Hagerstown MD, Frederick MD, and ride into Washington DC. Hotel: The Vienna Wolf Trap, 430 Maple Avenue West, Vienna, VA 22180 (703) 281-2330 Sunday, September 9th–224 miles. leave from Washington DC. and ride on I-95 North to Baltimore MD, Wilmington DE, Philadelphia PA, Trenton LJ, then East on I-195 to the New Jersey Turnpike and into New York City on the George Washington Bridge. Hotel: Red Roof Inn, 15 Meadowlands Pkwy, Secaucus, NJ, 07094 (201) 319-1000 Monday, September 10th–303 miles. leave from New Jersey on I-78 East through Bethlehem, Allentown, then I-78/76 West to Somerset, PA. Optional “Rattle the Runway Ride” to the Pentagon. Hotel: The Day’s Inn 220 Waterworks Rd. Somerset, PA 15501 (814) 445-9200 Tuesday, September 11th start our morning at the Flight 93 Memorial Chapel then we will go to the crash site of Flight 93 in Shanksville. Hotel: The Day’s Inn, 220 Waterworks Rd. Somerset, PA 15501 (814) 445-9200 BATTISTINIS DASH PANELS FOR FLT MODELS– Style comes full circle from the brains of Battistinis Custom Cycles. These new dash panels feature the signature ‘circle’ design and include two inserts that are placed behind the panel offering a gloss-black, or carbon fiber accent. Machined from 6061-T6 billet aluminum with the signature Battistinis hole pattern, these dash panels are available in black anodize/machined finish and brilliant show chrome. Installation is made simple with the use of double-sided adhesive tape for a true ‘remove and replace’ installation. Knock-out style that’s easy to install, brought to you by Battistinis, of course. For more information please contact –Rikki Battistini 
Battistinis Custom Cycles LLC
San Ramon CA 94582
925.270.4211
Rikki@battistinisUSA.com
WWW.battistinisUSA.com 
THAT’S IT, LET’S RIDE–Brothers and sisters all over the country are riding out. Some are leaving their women behind. I wish they would send me their addresses. I have 16 snarling Aussies roaming all over my shop, while I try to keep our Bonneville effort rolling. We need distractions.
Coral left to work in the Brass Balls tent in Sturgis. Sin Wu is printing more Bikernet Banners for the rally with Peter Oropeza. At least, I hope that’s what they’re doing. In the meantime I started to work on the Baker Transmission. I need to shave the Baker sprocket and one fork leg arrived from Harley-Davidson. We’re just about there with less than a month to go.
This week we’ll snag the frame back from the powder man and start final assembly and front fender and fairing design. Have a great rally, if you’re going. Either way, stay tuned for more updates.
Ride Forever,
–Bandit
